United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
What is UNDP?
UNDP is the UN's global development network, helping people meet their needs and build a better life. UNDP is on the ground in 166 countries, working as a trusted partner with governments, civil society and the private sector to help them find solutions to global and national development challenges.
World leaders have pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including the overarching goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015. UNDP's network links and coordinates global and national efforts to reach these Goals. Our focus is helping countries build and share solutions to the challenges of:
- Democratic Governance
- Poverty Reduction
- Crisis Prevention and Recovery
- Environment and Energy
- HIV/AIDS
What is UNDP Brussels office about?
UNDP Brussels seeks to maintain, nurture and develop the UNDP partnership with the EU and the Government of Belgium in order to:
- Further a progressive development agenda that promotes international UN standards.
- Ensure mutual understanding and knowledge
- Mobilise critical resources for its development work on the ground.
Human Development Report
UNDP’s annual Human Development Report focuses the global debate on key development issues, providing new measurement tools, innovative analysis and often controversial policy proposals. The global Report's analytical framework and inclusive approach carry over into regional, national and local Human Development Reports aimed at expanding the range of policy options available to developing country governments and societies.
The 2007/2008 report “Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world” warns that the world should focus on the development impact of climate change, which could bring unprecedented reversals in the gains made to date in poverty reduction, nutrition, health and education, but that equally have the potential to stimulate a radical re-think in ways to climate proof national development strategies.
Download the report http://hdr.undp.orgLibrary
UNDP and its administered funds — the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and UN Volunteers (UNV) — produce a wide variety of publications that are available free of charge in electronic form on the UNDP Web site www.undp.org. Through its publications, UNDP makes an invaluable contribution to the global development debate aimed at finding solutions to improve people's lives.
IRAQ: Restarting, Restoring, Rebuilding (pdf)
This brochure summarizes UNDP’s activities in Iraq, showing how UNDP is continuing to address emergency needs and employment challenges, providing policy advice, supporting reform and building institutional capacity.
Annual Report 2007
This Report summarizes UNDP’s current priorities, achievements and results, challenges ahead and information about our operations and resources.
The Millennium Development Goals Report (2007)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched report at the opening of the Economic and Social Council's 2007 substantive session in Geneva on Monday 2 July. The Report may be accessed in the other UN official languages, on http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/docs/UNSD_MDG_Report_2007e.pdf.
Democratic Dialogue - A Handbook for Practitioners
The handbook is the result of a joint initiative (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, the Organization of American States, CIDA and UNDP) to provide decision-makers and practitioners with a practical guide on how to design, facilitate and implement dialogue processes.You may view and download other UNDP publications from the following website
http://www.undp.org/publications/
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Contact details
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Rue Montoyer 14, 6th Floor
B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 505 4620